SESSIONDESCRIPTIONS

Session 9 2:30-3:30 PM

Meeting Room Salon

Meeting Room Private

Dining

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Meeting Room Salon

Maximize the Dining Experience, Minimize the Expense

WEDNESDAY,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2023, Cont.

Title Speaker(s)

Carrie Serrano, RD, LD , Non Commercial Business Solutions Specialist, Gordon Food Service

Session Description

This presentation will focus on best practices to manage costs, while enhancing your residents' meal and dining options. We will begin by uncovering operational best practices like benchmarking costs and productivity and audits to manage expenses. Having this data puts a foodservice operator in a position of knowledge to uncover areas that need improvement, and to validate when to request a higher budget. We will review efective solutions to labor saving operations and menu ideas, including more ways to serve healthy initiatives on a budget. Success in this area demands knowledge of popular culinary trends, innovative programs, and efective technology solutions.

Art and The Aging Brain

Dr. Germaine Odenheimer

Title Speaker(s)

Studies have shown that creating art is an exercise for the brain and can help with depression and anxiety. Join Dr. Odenheimer in this fun session to learn how YOU can bring art into your resident's life.

Trade Show Game Drawing & Best Booth Awards

Session Description

Confdent leaders are efcient leaders. They naturally develop future leaders from within their team members as well as facilitate the integration of new leadership from outside the team when needed. Dennis will discuss the importance of building leaders in Senior Living and how it could help the future of our stafng concerns. 5:30 PM Adjourn for

Building Leaders in Senior Living Dennis McIntee , CEO & Co-Founder, Leadership Development Group (LDG)

Legend Senior Living ® has been a leader and pioneer in Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care in the Sooner State since 2003. And now, with 16 residences in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metro areas, more Oklahoman seniors will have the opportunity to live life at the Legend level.

LEGEND SENIOR LIVING® RESIDENCES IN OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA CITY AREA

Arbor House Midwest City

Arbor House Mustang

Arbor House Norman

Arbor House Reminisce Care Norman

Acclaim Living

Legend at Council Road

Legend at Jeferson’s Garden

Legend at Rivendell Assisted Living

Legend at Rivendell Memory Care

Rivermont Assisted Living & Memory Care

Rivermont Independent Living

TULSA AREA

Green Tree

Legend at Mingo Road

Legend at Tulsa Hills

Prairie House

The Stonehaven

Sessiondescriptions

Session 11

8:00 - 9:30 AM

Meeting Room Salon H

2023 Legislative Updates and What to Expect in 2024!

9:30 - 9:45 AM

- 11:15 AM

Meeting Room Salon H

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023

Paul Williams, Vice President of Government Relations, Argentum & Patrick Gaines, OKALA Lobbyist, Gaines Government Services, LLC

In the lively session, attendees will hear about legislative updates from ARGENTUM and eforts being made on the Hill in Washington DC. Followed by Oklahoma's 2023 legislative session that defnitely was one for the history books! Several new laws will go into efect November 1, 2023 and will have a huge impact on assisted living and long term care. Plus, several interim studies have been fled to be heard this fall for possible 2024 legislation. Join Paul Williams, Argentum and OKALA's Lobbyist, Patrick Gaines, along with several Oklahoma legislators to discuss what is in progress to help senior living both federally and at the Oklahoma State Capitol. And learn how YOU can help!

Session 13 11:30-12:30 PM

Meeting Room Salon H

Oklahoma State Department of Health: 2023

Updates for

Assisted Living

Dr. LaTrina Frazier, PhD, MHA, RN, Deputy Commissioner, Quality Assurance & Regulatory, OSDH & Janene Stewart, MBA, Director, Long Term Care Service, OSDH

Dr. Frazier, Deputy Commissioner and Janene Stewart, Director of Long Term Care will update attendees on new legislation and how it efects the OSDH; current survey protocols and top defciencies cited; new staf members; and answer questions from attendees. 11:15 - 11:30 AM

Title Speaker(s) Session Description

Closing Keynote: "Bringing Music Into Your Senior Living Community"

12:30 PM Adjourn

Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road

2023 Closing Keynote

Bringing Music into Your Senior Living. Throughout history music has been used as a medicinal purpose by many cultures. Today, many believe it has a divine power. It is a source of entertainment. It can bring back fond memories from the past. Join Kyle as he teaches us the many ways music can afect not only our residents but staf and family members in this closing session.

OKALA’s 2023 Annual Convention & Trade Show

OKALA, Your 1st Step to a Wonderland in Senior Living Adjourns

National Assisted Living Week

SEPTEMBER 10th through 16th, 2023

OKSLA EVENTS

Tuesday, September 12 - Statewide BINGO Day

Friday, September 15 - Statewide TAI CHI Day

Oldest Residents Living In Assisted Livings 2023

Woodie Slyvester 105

Gerald

RETA BROWN Service Award for Excellence

In 2014, Oklahoma, OKALA and the Assisted Living Community lost one of our own too soon. Reta Brown was a mentor to many and upheld a culture of excellence for assisted livings and the care they give to Seniors. In her memory, the Reta Brown Service Award for Excellence was established. This award is not given yearly as to meet the criteria one must have a history of being dedicated to seniors; the care they receive in assisted livings; and a proven record of excellence for others.

Those previously honored with the Reta Brown Service Award for Excellence are: Reta